Bitcoin price started a fresh decline below $89,500. BTC is consolidating losses and might attempt a recovery wave if it clears $92,000. Bitcoin started another drop below $90,000 and $89,000. The price is trading below $90,500 and the 100 hourly Simple moving average.
Bitcoin’s Tuesday slide to $87,895 has revived a familiar market habit: attaching a single, clean narrative to messy positioning, flows, and reflexive price action.
January 22, 2026, 2:00 amCrypto traders using leverage to bet on Bitcoin’s price trajectory are getting whiplash. In the last 24 hours, $655 million in leveraged crypto bets have been liquidated, according to the market data tracker CoinGlass.
January 22, 2026, 12:15 am
The Bitcoin price showed a sharp pullback this week caught many traders off guard. After hovering near record highs, the world’s largest crypto slid below the $90,000 mark as a wave of leveraged positions was forced out of the market.
Ripple’s Brad Garlinghouse called the WEF panel ‘spirited’ as Coinbase’s CEO defended bitcoin and stablecoins, while Villeroy warned of threats to monetary sovereignty and financial stability.
European leaders facing a Greenland-linked dispute with Washington could treat U.S. Treasurys as a leverage point. That would test not just the headline size of foreign holdings, but the market’s capacity to absorb speed, and how quickly higher yields would filter into the dollar, U.S. credit conditions, and crypto liquidity.
Strive's strategic focus on Bitcoin investment and debt reduction could enhance its market position and influence in the crypto sector.
The halt in tariffs alleviates trade tension fears, boosting investor confidence and market stability, highlighting global economic interdependence.
Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest has laid out one of its clearest long-term views yet on Bitcoin and Nvidia, two assets that defined the 2024–2025 market cycle.
Restaurant chain Steak 'n Shake is expanding its Bitcoin operations, this time with a pay bump for hourly employees paid out in BTC.
Bitcoin and altcoins rallied after Donald Trump said the US would delay planned tariffs following talks with NATO, easing geopolitical pressure on risk assets.
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